Bernie

Bernie Aalmeon

(Egypt)

Bernie Aalmeon (in Arabic: عالميون برني) was a French Jew who lived in Egypt, where he worked as a comic artist. He was one of founders of the Egyptian comics weekly Samir, that is published by Dar Al-Hilal since 1956. Bernie was the first artist to draw the character Samir. He left Egypt because of the political situation after the Suez Crisis in 1956.